Muscari aucheri Cool Blues
Muscari aucheri Cool Blues
Muscari aucheri Cool Blues
Grape Hyacinth
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Description
Muscari aucheri Cool Blues is a recent horticultural variety with delicately pastel spring flowers. Many small flowers in a celestial blue bordered with white are tightly packed in well-filled clusters, emerging from a clump of vibrant green leaves reminiscent of snowdrops. Derived from the species often cultivated in gardens, this vigorous little bulb is perfectly hardy and easily naturalises in the garden. It adapts well to both pots and borders, in well-drained soil, in full sun or partial shade. Like hyacinths, it can easily be forced in cold conditions from autumn to enjoy its flowers indoors, in the heart of winter.
Muscari aucheri Cool Blues is a bulbous plant from the hyacinth family, native to alpine meadows in the mountains of Turkey. Medium-sized for a muscari, this variety reaches up to 25 cm (10in) high and 15 cm (6in) wide. Its vegetative cycle begins in September-October, when its foliage appears (often three leaves are observed). Its fairly wide, ribbon-like leaves are greyish-green on top, maintaining a neat appearance after flowering and persisting throughout winter. A single flower stem emerges in April-May depending on the climate and weather. The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers 2 to 6 cm (1 to 2in) long and approximately 1.5 cm (1in) wide, emitting a heavy and intoxicating fragrance. The urn-shaped flowers are small, measuring only 5 to 6 mm (0in) in length, tightly packed together to form a narrow and dense cone. Pale green buds open into sky-blue flowers bordered with white. This bulb naturalises slowly but surely in light soil, without ever becoming invasive. The foliage is deciduous in summer.
Plant Muscari 'Cool Blues' in groups of about ten bulbs, for a flower carpet or along a path to achieve a good decorative effect, or randomly naturalise them in a lawn and at the base of bushes. Its pastel flowering will enhance all other spring bulbs, such as daffodils, early hyacinths, ipheions, anemone blanda, and iris reticulata. Other muscari varieties (M. 'Ocean Magic, 'White Magic, M. latifolium, M. armeniacum) can also be planted with it to further expand the range of colours. Muscari pairs well with daffodils and wood anemones, creating delicate compositions. Pink or white tulips are also good companions for their graceful flowers.
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Muscari
aucheri
Cool Blues
Asparagaceae
Grape Hyacinth
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Plant your Cool Blues muscari as soon as possible (in September) in well-drained, well-worked soil to ensure their hardiness. Drainage can be improved by adding fine gravel, either in a layer under the bulbs or mixed with the soil. Plant the bulbs 10 cm (4in) deep (Bulbs should be covered with about twice their height of soil) and 8 cm (3in) apart or group them in clusters (avoiding bulbs touching each other). This muscari tolerates dense shade under deciduous trees or partial shade but likes a sunny exposure that is not scorching. It prefers fertile soils, where it will develop better, but can tolerate poor soil where it will be shorter. Once in place, the bulbs will flower for many years if the soil is well-drained. After two years, you can divide the clumps and replant the bulbils from the initially planted bulbs. This will expand the covered area and promote flower vigour. If you grow them in pots, water abundantly in winter and autumn, then less in summer and completely stop their growth during the dormancy period.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.
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